The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1887-04-01
TERRITORIAL PLUMBER.


Scarlet fever prevails In Mora county.
Santa Re is 10 have am artisan
well.
Taxes after June Isl must be paid m
hard cash.
silver City wants hose cart and
street sprinkler.
Delinquent taxes in Toas county
amount 20 s0.u20.
Aztec Is the county seat Of the new
county OF san Juan.
Several persons at Las Cruces are
down with the measles.
Work on the Prospect Park reservoir,
at socorro. Is under way.
Counterfeit Canadian bills are cir.
eulating IN this territory.
A Las Vegas young lady has gune
east IN search Of husband.
Tie building Of new Catholic
church at Lincoln, is under way.
The people OF Silver City want
Judge Bail for their next mayor.
Frost has seriously injured the
peach clop In the Rio Grande Valley.
The promising mining camp of Her.
mosa. Sierra county, has a drag store
Governor Ross proposes to sue some
OF the editors of New ilexico for libel.
An extensive mining boom will ut.
doubledly visit southern New Mexico
this summer.
Frank James resides in Socorro and
is a candidate for the city council for
the fourth ward.
A Mexican of Lincoln county ex-
tracted dfly six pounds OF fat frum "A
goat which he killed.
The Northern New Mexico stock
growers association meets ut Spring.
er on tie 4th OF April.
Antonio MADEIRA WAS shot and killed
by one Jose Salas at Kelly recently.
They quarrelled over debt OF SI.50.
The Glen Mora grant, in Mora conn
~, consisting Of $1,000 acres, has been
sold to the Vending cattle company.
A satisfactory understanding has
been made between the owners of the
ORTIZ grant and the miners at work
there.
Reuben Wellman. of Salt River.
Nj h., desires information in regard to
the whereabouts OF bis brother, Irwin
Wellman, who came to Las Vegas in
1915 and has not s.uoe been heard from.
The information may he addressed to
j. W. Brewster, Las Vegas hot spring.
Giles O. Pierce, former Soe0rro
crank. IL coutestiug the seat of Con.
gresham Hayes, of Iowa. claiming
that he is unit to serve in congress for
the reason that he, Hayes, while on
the Iowa bench, declined TO release
Pierce from an insane asylum on Il
writ of habeas corpus.-Ex.
Postoilice shake ups in New Mexico:
Established Chaves, VPlencia county.
\. NJ. Jose L. Mon,oya. postmaster.
Name changed Costllla coun.
ty, Colo, to Montville; Douglas X. Ho-
ley. postmaster. Postmasters appoint.
ed-Lower Penasco. Lincoln county.
n. NJ, Mrs. Nettie Bryan.
Bids Will he received by Surveyor
General Julian, March %. for tie sur
vey of the t0wn.site of Kingston. Also
on Arril 9th, u contract will he let for
running the exterior and subdivision
lines of township ! and s south, range 9
and west, now included in the Fort
Craig military reservation.
When excavatinc for one of the quar-
'ers at Fort Bayard. eight miles eas,
from Silver City. three or four years
age, the woikmen unearthed a Spanish
sword several feet below the surface.
The hilt was covered with shark skin.
in an excellent state of preservation,
and the blade of very fine steel.
The Chicago News say "A caye full
of crystal has been dug up in the Organ
mountains Uf New Mexico and Is To I've
taken to LONDON for exhibition. fug
lishmeu will dEcline tn believe that il
came from America unless there aie
numerous traces of tobacco juice on
the most rare and curious crystals"
A good one Is reported on Max Frost